[basil]

Well--there is this possibility: perhaps they got word that the NY Slimes was going to print a hit piece on them, and thought it better to do an interview.

I don't have a clue--just trying to figure out why he might grant the interview.

[MamaLucci]

basil, see #49.

Here's more:

Finkelstein told Maariv that he was troubled by the strategy of dividing the country by "values of religion and culture."

"Bush courted the evangelical vote," he said, "and turned these elections, in fact, into a referendum on the religious and cultural nature of America. This is my problem."

I have little doubt of this guy's (new) agenda.